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TALES OF TELLOS #1  
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Cover by: Mike Wieringo

Color: Full Color
Pages: 32
Format: Three-Issue Series
Price: $3.50
Release Date: October 2004

Written by: Todd Dezago


"Precious Cargo"
"Not So Happily Ever After"
"Crouching Tiger..." (a pin-up)
In this first issue, writer/CO-creator TODD DEZAGO (Marvel Age Spider-Man/Team-Up) joins forces with penciler KELLY YATES to bring you the swashbuckling tale of Serra and Sheva Nova, featuring the return of the beautiful yet deadly Dyn Jessa! Also in this issue, TODD and CRAIG ROUSSEAU (Kiss and Tell, Batman Beyond) combine their talents to bring you a fairy tale retelling of the first (unfortunate) meeting of Hawke and Rikk. Plus a bonus pin-up by THOR BADENDYCK!

As is usual with the TELLOS books, this three-issue series contains secrets, clues and twists that weave their way throughout the series. Don't think you know it all! All this is behind a gorgeous cover by TELLOS CO-creator (and Fantastic Four artist) MIKE WIERINGO!

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PRECIOUS CARGO  
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Art by: Kelly Yates
Pencils: Kelly Yates
Inks: Steven Bird
Colors: Val Staples
Letters: Ed Dukeshire

Serra, on shore while her boat, the Sheva Nova is being repaired, has got her hands full when the deadly Dyn Jessa comes to claim her revenge. Her first mate Tuggle on the other hand is having problems of his own when he hires Trolls to repair the ship and things don't go as planned.
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NOT SO HAPPILY EVER AFTER  
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Art by: Craig Rousseau
Art: Craig Rousseau
Layout and Design:
Jamie Queen

Scatterjack tell the tale of how the kleptomaniac man-fox Rikk and the Ulf thief Hawke first met. Readers of the original Tellos will know these two to have been partners and best friends for a long time... but things haven't always been that way.
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" CROUCHING TIGER..." (PIN-UP)  
Art by: Thor Badendyck
Art: Thor Badendyck
Colors: Paul Mounts of Bongotone

Not a story but a pin-up. Illustrated by Tellos Fan-Favorite Thor Badendyck with colors by Paul Mounts (who has been with Tellos since the beginning) this piece features Koj the man-tiger and Brad the dragon from Ona-Li. If you do not understand the title --"Crouching Tiger... Hidden Dragon"-- get it?
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Resources  
Dezago, T. (Dezago et al, 2000). Tales of Tellos #1. Berkeley, CA: Image Comics.
Yates, K. (Yates et al, October 2004). Precious Cargo. In T. Dezago(Eds.), Tales of Tellos #1 (Yates, 2004, p. 1-10). Berkeley, CA: Image Comics
Rousseau, C. (Rousseau et al, October 2004). Not So Happily Ever After. In T. Dezago(Eds.), Tales of Tellos #1 (Rousseau, 2004, p. 12-23). Berkeley, CA: Image Comics.
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